Les Pruitt a new author, he is a retired military veteran, and graduate of Campbell University. He first embraced writing poetry in 2008 which reflected humanity’s struggles, love and hope. His poetry has been visited 168,349 times on www.poetrypoem.com/LesP2008, as of November 27, 2018. As an undergraduate of history and a Christian, he embraced a quest for truths versus common social dogma. The author’s entire life has been one preparing him to write this extra ordinary historical fiction, an understatement, that is interwoven with some well documented facts.